Cross flow air system for ink jet printer
January 19, 2019. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesMethod for uniformly drying ink on paper from an ink jet printer Heating print-platen construction for ink jet printer Printer having means for heating a recording sheet and fixing ink thereon Stabilized fluorescent lamp for a document scanning system Ink path geometry for high temperature operation of ink-jet printheads Preheat roller for thermal ink-jet printer Airflow system for thermal ink-jet printer Apparatus including air blowing and infrared light means for drying ink on a sheet Paper preconditioning heater for ink-jet printer Air evacuation system for ink-jet printer InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 232640 filed on 01/19/1999US Classes:347/102, Drying or curing101/424.1Drying with fluid (air) or by heatingExaminersPrimary: Hilten, John S.Assistant: Cone, Darius N. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassB41J 002/01AbstractA printing machine for printing on a recording medium moving along a path through a print zone, includes a printhead, adapted to deposit ink on the recording medium in the print zone; and a cross flow blower disposed adjacently to the path and at a position in the path prior to the print zone, wherein the cross flow blower creates an air flow in the path from at least a position just before the print zone to a position at least just after the print zone. | |
